Course work: Three colored pencil drawings of a pair of bananas, each using a different approach (light to dark vs. dark to light) or different sets of colors.
Reading:
Susan Dorothea White Draw Like Da Vinci
Cassell Illustrated, London, 2006
Pp 69-139
(This book, given to me as a Christmas gift, turned out to be interesting and useful. It provides an often-entertaining overview of da Vinci’s methods, guidelines to their performance with more modern media, and enough basic material on drawing to make it useful to users at almost any skill level. Lots of da Vinci drawings, and contemporary copies, near-copies, and derivative work by the author.)
Personal Sketchbook work: Additional work on the colored pencil project referenced on 25 December. A not-too-successful ballpoint pen drawing of a pear.
Weekly reflections on learning experience:
Holiday obligations, and some frustration with unclear instructions, made the earlier part of the week less than satisfactory. Although pastel and colored pencil are both unfamiliar media to me, I am finding the latter more to my taste, though very slow when compared to pastel. Learning to use both at least somewhat effectively remains a goal.
Total time: 3 hours 23 minutes
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